ख़लासी

ख़लासी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• खलासी (khalāsī) – nuqtaless

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خلاصی‎ (xalāsī), an alteration of خلاشی‎ (xalāšī, “sailor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰə.lɑː.siː/, [kʰə.l̪äː.s̪iː], /xə.lɑː.siː/, [xə.l̪äː.s̪iː]

Noun

ख़लासी • (xalāsī) m (Urdu spelling خلاصی‎)

1. railroad worker (involved in maintaining tracks, or as an attendant)
   • Hindustan Team, Sonbhadra (19 August 2020) , “सड़क हादसे में खलासी की मौत, चालक घायल”, in LiveHindustan.com‎, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

     राबर्ट्सगंज कोतवाली क्षेत्र के हिंदुआरी तिराहे के समीप मंगलवार की रात सड़क हादसे में एक ट्रक के खलासी की मौत हो गई तथा चालक घायल हो गया।

     rābarṭsagañj kotvālī kṣetra ke hinduārī tirāhe ke samīp maṅgalvār kī rāt saṛak hādse mẽ ek ṭrak ke khalāsī kī maut ho gaī tathā cālak ghāyal ho gayā.

     On Tuesday night near the Hinduari Tihara [intersection of three roads], in the zone of the Robertsganj police station, a railroad-track khalasi was killed and a driver was wounded in a road accident.

2. (perhaps dated) khalasi: dockyard worker (engaged in manual labour for the maintenance of ships)
   1. fisherman who performs menial labour on a rig (e.g. sorting catch)

Declension

Declension of ख़लासी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़लासी xalāsī	ख़लासी xalāsī
oblique	ख़लासी xalāsī	ख़लासियों xalāsiyõ
vocative	ख़लासी xalāsī	ख़लासियो xalāsiyo

Descendants

• English: khalasi, clashy